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| Date | 2008-10-22 |
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| Message | Taking the advise of others, I will ask again if anyone has any information regarding activities in Kiskeam. My mother is from there and my grandfather and uncle were involved in maintaining a safe house. Thanks |
| Date | 2008-10-21 |
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| Message | Thanks for the comments, guys. P.S. Tell Bob I said hi, Finbarr. |
| Date | 2008-10-16 |
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| Message | F,O`D, you're right this is a respectable Website, a real credit to Irish history and learning. That is why I have the link on my Website.  |
| Date | 2008-10-16 |
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| Message | Webmaster,I have been on and off the last year or so checking out your website and must say you are due praise on my behalf, and most likely every body else , keep up the good work. Wondering when on the links, guerrilla days will be up again. Also I would like to ask people that are posting letters to be more open on there request`s for information, yes we all have skeletons, and not enough information, but keep digging , keep asking, emailing etc on this very respectable site. I read past post that a Mr Diarmuid Begley, who`s father was the piper at Crossbarry even replied to some mail a while back, who is a very respected man and also wrote a very interesting account on the battle and rout and with-drawl of the flying column at Crossbarry. PS Bob Mcdonagh said Hi |
| Date | 2008-10-11 |
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| Message | Paddy Mcsweeney, I read your post with interest, and I do believe your grandfather may have made a statement to the Bureau of military history. I can see by the list that a D J Mcsweeney from Cork did |
| Date | 2008-10-06 |
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| Message | Hi Great site with lots of interesting stuff. My grandfather Dan Joe (tich) McSweeney and his brother Jackie were volunteers from Macroom. I believe Dan Joe was at the fight at Lisarda and Coolavokig, he was also at Beal na Blath on the morning of the ambush but left as a body guard for Eamonn De Velera taking him to Mourne abbey. He was arrested in 1921 by the British along with a man called Shannon after being informed on. In 1923 he was arrested by Free State in Crookstown and was 42 days on hunger strike. |
| Date | 2008-09-13 |
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| Message | I am proud to say ,that I had a very close bond to Tom and his Wife, God rest their souls. And please believe me when I say that He is, and will remain one of the Greatest Military strategists this World has ever,and will ever know! The Cork flying Coloumn is the Greatest Guerilla outfit ever,and is what all others are modelled on!  |
| Date | 2008-09-01 |
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| Message | In reply to Joanna, it was unusual for men to transfer between brigades, although not unheard of. Jeremiah O'Brien of Tullyglass was one of those at Crossbarry, but in my opinion its unlikely that the Jerh. O'Brien (a member of the Cork city intelligence unit) referred to earlier, would have taken part in the battle. Regarding passage to the US via Canada, I have come across this as my uncle Commandant Michael (Mick) Healy was one of those who did so in 1924. As an anti-treaty Republican during the Civil War, he was unable to find employment in his home city of Cork following his release from Cork County Jail and was forced to emigrate as a result. He never returned to Ireland. |
| Date | 2008-08-31 |
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| Message |  thank you faith bailey for the info on bureau of military history, but as a happy coincidence after reading your letter just lately, they have contacted me to inform me that they are up and running again. they were closed down due to staffing levels and retraining due to the quantity of requests being recieved. any one with a request contact new man in charge captain stephen mac eoin, military archives, cathal brugha barracks, rathmines, dublin 6, telephone 01 804 6457. |
| Date | 2008-08-24 |
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| Message | Hi there, I just want to say thanks for that little nugget, it certainly gives me something to go on! I see that this book is no longer in print and is pretty rare, so I'm not likely to have come by that by myself, so thanks again. Unfortunately there has been little info passed on from my grandfather, making the task of getting a good picture all the more difficult. I know for sure that Tom Barry led the funeral procession when my grandfather died in the late 60's so I guess they must at least have been friends. I also very recently came across a Jerh O'Brien in the list of men involved in the Crossbarry Ambush, in the Mount Plesant Company. I'm not sure if its our Jerh or not. I wondered if in your opinion volunteers were likely to move between brigades? It seems my grandfather was based in cork city (where he was born) but wasn't Tom Barry the comm. officer for west cork (Brigade No 3) that carried out the ambush? Is it a strong possibility that Jerh might have taken part in Crossbarry? I know that many records a) were not made and b) have since been lost so it won't be easy to find out a great deal specifically about my grandfather but if you were looking for info on prisoners that were dug out of Cork Gaol sometime between 1921 and 1925 where would you consider to be a good starting point to look? Also I know that the IRA paid his passage and he arrived in the US via Canada, have you come across this kind of thing before in your research? Thanks for your time, Jo |
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